TMS Logo Recipient: The 2000 EPD Extraction & Processing Science Award

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's Extraction & Processing Division Extraction & Processing Science Award was established in 1955 and recognizes a paper that represents notable contributions to the scientific understanding of the extraction and processing of nonferrous metals.


Paper Titles:Modeling Studies of Fluid Flow below Flash Smelting Burners Including Transient Behavior” (Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 29B, August 1998) and “Experimental and Mathematical Investigation of the Fluid Flow Inside and Below a 1/4 Scale Air Model of a Flash Smelting Burner” (Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 29B, October 1998)

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Ilija Sutalo

Biography: Ilija Sutalo is a research scientist for CSIRO Thermal and Fluids Engineering.

He received his B.E. in chemical engineering in 1991 and his Ph.D. in 1996, both from the University of Melbourne. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Sutalo worked as a project metallurgist for WMC on a copper flash furnance, where he implemented some of his doctoral work. He is currently looking at thickener design.

Dr. Sutalo is a recipient of the Melbourne University postgraduate writing-up award.
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Jonathan Alan Harris

Biography: Jonathan Alan Harris is senior lecturer at James Cook University.

He earned his B.S. in 1986 from James Cook University in civil engineering, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, also in civil engineering, in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He was a research fellow at G.K. William Cooperative Research Centre for Extractive Metallurgy and a visiting professor at Stanford University.

Dr. Harris is the author of more than 20 publications on applications of computation and experimental fluid dynamics and heat transfer. He holds one patent and is the recipient of several awards.
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Frank R. Jorgensen

Biography: Frank R. Jorgensen is senior scientist and program leader at the G.K. Williams Cooperative Research Centre for Extractive Metallurgy.

He earned his B.E. in chemistry and metallurgy in 1960 and his Ph.D. in high temperature oxidation in 1965, both from the University of Adelaide. He held several research positions at CSIRO, including chief research scientist, and was keynote speaker at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Flash Reaction Processes.

Dr. Jorgensen is the recipient of several awards and honors.
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Neil Boon Gray

Biography: Neil Boon Gray is an associate professor and reader at the University of Melbourne’s department of chemical engineering.

Dr. Gray earned his B.S. in metallurgical and chemical engineering from the University of Adelaide in 1957, his M.Phil. from Imperial College, University of London in 1967, and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Adelaide in 1961. He serves as deputy director of the G.K. Williams Cooperative Research Centre for Extractive Metallurgy and had also taught at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Gray has written over 100 industrial and consulting reports and has received several honors.

Quote: “Receiving this award helps give exposure to this work carried out on burners so more people know about it and helps inspire me to do future work in the area of research. It makes it easier to receive grants in this area of research in the future and shows that TMS supports research of flash smelting burner design and on extractive metallurgy of nonferrous metals.”

-Ilija Sutalo on behalf of the Extraction and Processing Science Award Winners


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